1. CONSTITUTIONALIZING 'DETENTIONS'
- Author
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Zirkel, Perry A.
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CIVIL rights , *LEGAL judgments , *CHILDREN'S rights , *CRIMINAL investigation , *SCHOOL children , *SCHOOLS , *APPELLATE courts - Abstract
Comments on investigatory detentions and a court decision against further "constitutionalization" of public school issues. Background on the case involving Colonial Elementary School in Botetourt County, Virginia and a student who allegedly brought a gun to school; Description of the principals' and detectives' investigation and questioning of the child; Details of a civil rights suit based on claims that the girl's Fourth Amendment right and her mother's 14th Amendment "liberty" were violated by the police department and the school; Discussion of the Fourth Circuit court ruling.
- Published
- 2005
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